Meat Makers Beef Ginger Honey Sports 40g

Meat Makers Beef Ginger Honey Sports 40g — sweet first, warm second

Meat Makers Beef Ginger Honey is a beef jerky for people who carry their snacks around with them. The Lithuanian producer files it under its Sports line: whole-muscle beef dried to a firm chew, in a resealable bag that survives a gym holdall without complaint. What lifts it off the shelf is the marinade. Honey lands first, then the ginger turns up late with a gentle warmth that sits at the back of the mouth rather than the front.

Why this one

• A flavour that is not barbecue: the sweet-and-warm pairing is a long way from the flat saltiness most dried meat settles for.
• Low in sugar despite the name: the honey is a suggestion rather than a coating, so it still reads as a savoury snack all the way to the bottom of the bag.
• High in protein, no cutlery required: lean beef strips that ask nothing of you except a free hand.
• Slow to eat: the firm chew makes the bag last, which is rather the point when you are eating it between sets.

How The Meat Makers make it

The Meat Makers take whole-muscle beef, marinate it with honey and ginger, then dry it until the strips are firm but still bend. No artificial sweeteners are doing the work here — the sweetness that is there comes out of the marinade. It is the most distinctive recipe in their Sports range, which otherwise runs fairly straight down the savoury line.

Taste and texture

Honey up front, rounded and floral rather than sugary, then ginger creeping in behind it with a low prickle of heat. Underneath both sits a clean beef flavour that neither one buries. The strips are firm and springy with a proper resistance to them, so you chew rather than swallow.

When to reach for it

This is the bag for the middle of a long ride, when something plain and salty has stopped appealing. It rides well in a cycling jersey, fits a gym pocket, and makes a decent case for itself at four in the afternoon when the alternative is a biscuit.

Frequently asked

Is it spicy? Not in the chilli sense. The ginger gives a warm tingle rather than heat, and it fades quickly.

Does the bag reseal? Yes, so you can eat half and shut it. Keep it cool and dry and no fridge is needed until you open it.

How does it compare to the Peppered one? Peppered is the savoury, no-sweetness end of the Sports line. This is the one to pick if you want something with a bit more going on.

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